Will Torrent sites find refuge in China?

Trent Nouveau, 5th December 2010

The recent seizure of Torrent domains by the US Department of Homeland Security has prompted numerous site owners to register in alternative locations.

According to TorrentFreak, Chinese domains are currently favored, although most sites appear to have purchased multiple backups in various states.

"Countries like China censor for political reason. [However], the US with its [anti-warez] COICA [bill] will censor for copyright and commercial reason," isoHunt's Gary Fung told TorrentFreak.

"It'll be a chilling parallel put into serious question how the US should still be in charge of the much of the internet infrastructure like the root DNS, or how US can continue to claim as the model example for free-speaking democracy."